Pearce hints at Reyna exit
08 Jan 2007 - 09:41:07
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce has admitted that Claudio Reyna may be heading back to the USA.
However, Pearce has dismissed weekend reports suggesting the midfielder had already left the club and returned to his homeland.
He told the club's official website: "Claudio remains a Manchester City player. Players will only be allowed to leave if it's in the best interests of the football club.
"For his personal reasons, we're in talks with him and his representatives as he might want to go back to the States.
"That's purely a family scenario, but until anything is resolved on that he stays a Manchester City player."
Meanwhile, Pearce was pleased to come away from Sunday's FA Cup third round clash at in-form Sheffield Wednesday with a 1-1 draw.
He said: "The draw was a fair result, we didn't do enough to win the game. But we're in the hat and I told the players that this tie is far from dead.
"When we turn up again next week, we'll have our hands full. Wednesday played quite well, the game swung from end to end in the second half, and we have our work cut out to get past this round of the cup."